This past weekend it was reported that Vince McMahon would be returning to the ring to wrestle Pat McAfee at WrestleMania 38. While initially, it sounded unbelievable due to his age, considering the sources reporting it were trustworthy, it seemed the news was valid. However, this did leave fans wondering why McMahon was coming out of retirement to wrestle again. And now former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz has speculated why, suggesting that the match may be taking place due to there being a Netflix documentary filming about McMahon.
While not confirmed, it certainly would make sense that Netflix would want a unique hook, and 76-year-old McMahon training to wrestle for the first time in over a decade would undoubtedly be fascinating. Why McAfee was chosen as his opponent remains unknown, although being a former NFL player and having his own sports talk show probably means he is better known to a mainstream audience than the majority of the WWE roster.
Not much has been revealed about the Netflix series other than it will have one of the streaming service’s largest budgets ever for a docuseries and is being produced by Chris Smith, who directed Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. Also believed to be on board is Bill Simmons, who is behind ESPN’s 30 For 30, and the acclaimed André the Giant documentary for HBO. At present, no release date has been communicated other than 2022.
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